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ladies and gentlemen at this time I would like to make a statement today, would have been harvey milk's birthday. It's made a much more difficult day because of the circumstances because of the verdict coming in and because of the profound disagreement that many of us have

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with that verdict and the citizenry of our city has a whole spectrum of feelings and looks to express these feelings in a myriad of different ways. Um some of them acceptable and some of them not acceptable but what our task is and what the dream of

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san Francisco is has been to try to create an open and tolerant and progressive city in which people can live respectful of the rights of one another. That remains the commitment of this city and we will continue to build and achieve that dream. We had a

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setback but it's just a setback last night and we're going to do everything we possibly can to see that those circumstances don't happen again. And that today is observed as a day of memoriam, a day of rededication a day when once again as the city sweeps

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up the glass and puts itself back together again, we can begin to think and plan for the future as an important gesture and I don't usually read proclamations in their entirety. But I would because I think this is an important and a significant proclamation if you

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bear with me while I read it statesman through the years as the very essence of free political institutions and together with its bill of rights as a model for all others. But despite challenge those who could deny to others the free enjoyment of their human and

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civil rights. Such a man was SAn Francisco supervisor, harvey milk. His friends will gather on that day to honor the memory of his life and work now. Therefore I Dianne Feinstein, mayor of the city and county of SAn Francisco do hereby proclaim Tuesday may 22nd 19.

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No, I did not tell the cops how to act last night. What are the next? There? There there have been planning sessions taking place. The planning is in place. We are confident we've met with a large contingent from the community that this will be a memorial

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event, there will be music and we are hopeful that it's going to be conducted in the spirit of a memorial event. The community is organizing a very large number of monitors are going to see and I'm hopeful that you're going to see an event that's going

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to be conducted in a dignified memorial spirit strength. Mm right the same way every other community is reacting to it. None of us liked it. None of us wanted it. None of us Condoned it. I don't think the majority of the gay community did either leaving

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is the same and the reason for the rain. Well I I can't speak for for everybody but I I think that there's a there's a large majority of people that understand the problems that the verdict presented for a large number of our our citizenry. And it's

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no secret. I've had calls from other areas of the United States of people reiterating their concern about it as well. What impact do you think the incident might have on the games at home Government? Socially? Well, I'm not going to comment on that. Who's going to

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pay the damage? Who's going to be held liable for what happened last at this stage? I don't know who is going to be held liable. There were arrests made. Um, it's obvious that the, it's very difficult and you can't attribute damage individuals in the same from

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okay having them pay for for the problem. But there were arrests made and if they were valid arrest and in a court of law crimes? Oh, I don't believe we were in danger. There, there was a rock bombardment, but everybody survived. And I'd like to just

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pay particular tribute to um, supervisor Carol ruth Silver who went out and I tried to speak to the group and unfortunately there was not adequate sound equipment available. Um, and as you know, she sustained A very badly lacerated lip, which required some some 20 stitches and

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I would just like personally to express my very deep thanks to her for her efforts that occurred last night desired by the majority of the people there. Or do you believe it was a minority of troublemakers. And were they all go to my best observation and

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I couldn't tell who was what, But my best observation is that the majority of people were not, I heard at times chance no more violence. I saw numbers of people moving. Uh, they got out of my, my vision, um, where where the burning of the cars

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was up at the corner and it was difficult for me to tell from where I was exactly who was doing what the policy straight with respect to harassment. There is a policy of non harassment. It has been expressed and we're trying to carry it out. I'm

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also very committed to an equal protection of the law for all communities and the law that's fairly and justly applied. And I've made that very clear to Yeah, no.